Child care is at risk but Premier Campbell is still silent!

Wednesday, July 28 2010

The federal government plans to cancel the BC/Canada Agreement on Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC). And yet, Premier Campbell is silent. He has not made one public statement calling on the Prime Minister to honour the Agreement.

When we compare this to the stand taken by other Premiers and provinces, we can only assume that he does not have the political will to build a quality
child care system.

The Coalition is calling on the Premier to:

Introduce a motion in the BC Legislature calling on the federal government to honour the Federal-Provincial Agreement on Early Learning and Child Care.

Work with other Premiers to make multi-year federal child care funding a priority.

Direct the Minister of Children and Family Development and the Minister of State for Child Care to release a Child Care Action Plan that moves BC from a patchwork of user fee services to a quality, affordable, community-based child care system.

And, BC's Official Opposition has a role to play too!

If Premier Campbell doesn't introduce a motion in support of the federal-provincial child care agreement - the Official Opposition can and should.

The Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC (CCCABC) and the BC Government and Services Employees Union (BCGEU) have launched a joint project to support front line workers, families and communities to 'make child care happen'.

Join parents, front line workers, and reps from the CCCABC and the BCGEU at upcoming Town Hall Meetings in Kelowna, Victoria, Vancouver, Nanaimo, Maple Ridge and Kamloops.